A review by vthecreature
More Than This by Patrick Ness

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

This started out slow but great. The mystery, the tension, the surprise when
it suddenly turned out that there were other people in the world
. As an enjoyer of mystery and soft sci-fi I was a bit disappointed when certain truths were revealed. However after seeing another reviewer’s statement that this book is almost a decade old, I kinda forgave it for that.
I didn’t see some of the smaller plot twists coming such as
Gudmund sleeping with Monica or Seth choosing to give Owen to the escaped convict (that made me GASP)
but unfortunately I quickly predicted one of the biggest plot twists (
Owen being dead the whole time. There was just too much foreshadowing.
) 
The characters weren’t super complex,
the ending lacked resolution to MANY questions, but in a frustrating way rather than a mysterious one
, and there was a bit too much explicit explanation for what and why the characters were feeling. In conclusion, this was pretty good, great by 2013 standards, just not my cup of tea at the moment. 
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